So ashamed of her ‘patchy’ skin, she used to sleep in full makeup to hide her face from her boyfriend and spent her teen years concocting her own foundations when products from drugstores weren’t thick enough to hide it.

She says her dream is to help other women feel confident (Picture: SWNS)

But now, she’s launched her own bespoke skin product range for others with the condition in the hope it’ll boost their confidence.

After meeting her boyfriend, Owen Savage, in 2015 she spent seven months applying thick foundation every day and night to hide her face from him fearing he would think she was unattractive if he saw the pigments.

But one day, it sweated off in her sleep, so she revealed that she had the condition.

And despite Keira’s fears, Owen could not have cared less, inspiring her to make a difference to others who might be suffering from similar fears.

Keira when she was little (Picture: SWNS)

‘I hid away for years under layers of makeup, feeling so self-conscious about my patchy skin,’ she told South West News Service.

‘My confidence was so low that the only way I found the courage to face the world was if I was lathered in foundation.

‘Owen was so accepting when he learned the truth and I knew I had to try and turn my battle with the condition into something positive.’

After winning a £4,000 loan from the Prince’s Trust, she launched vitamin-packed make up range Kandor Cosmetics in September.

A piece from the Kandour range (Picture: SWNS)

As well as covering vitiligo marks effectively, she says it’s also ‘healthy’ foundation for conditions including eczema, psoriasis and rosacea.

‘Helping others overcome the crippling anxieties I used to have feels great,’ she added.

Keira was just 10 when she noticed a ‘white dot’ beneath her left eye, and by the time she started secondary school, had ‘noticeable’ white patches on her face.

‘My schoolmates would stare at me and behind my back some called me Patchy the Pirate,’ she recalled.

She hid the condition from her current boyfriend for the first seven months they were dating (Picture: SWNS)

And at 14, she was diagnosed with vitiligo.

Feeling ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ at her appearance, this is when she started making her own foundations using pigment ordered from overseas, experimenting with different ingredients.

She soon found that blending her makeup with coconut oil, moisturiser and vitamin E extract helped to nurture her skin, as well as cover it.

And years later while on a vitiligo group on Facebook, she posted before and after photos of her wearing her latest foundation – after which many people got in touch to find out where they could get it.

Keira and Owen (Picture: SWNS)

‘I realised I could turn my insecurities into something positive and decided to launch a business,’ she said.

So far, she’s sold 100 pots – each custom-made to order according to the skin condition and skin tone of the customer – and has made around £2,000 – but still needs to pay off her loan before she makes any profit.